Date played: November 20th
Platform: 3DS
Session fun rating: 9/10
I completed level 7, the Eagle's Tower. It was definitely one of the better dungeons in the game, but it was quite difficult too. After some fucking around to get a feel for the dungeon, I found the basics like the map and compass. I eventually found a new item, a mirror shield. It reflects some projectiles, but honestly, it seems fairly useless.
The whole dungeon is a 4 story tower. There are many areas that have stairs and holes in the floor to move between levels. after exploring a lot, I couldn't quite figure out what to do. The owl was as cryptic as usual and nothing seemed obvious to me... thankfully, I got some help from a friend who recommended I go back to a room where a big black ball was sitting on the floor. It turns out I was able to pick it up, but I didn't even try that the first time.
This is where the real meat of the dungeon started. I had to carry the ball in different parts of the dungeon to throw it onto 4 pillars that supported the highest floor. This was quite challenging because I couldn't use stairs with the ball and if I dropped it in the floor, I had to start over. Because of the ingenious design of the dungeon, it was lots of fun figuring out exactly what could work and what couldn't. Using a combination of blocks, switches, gaps, railings and spikes, the path to each pillar was more challenging than the last.
The room that gave me the most trouble had me spawning a chest by defeating enemies, then throwing the ball over a railing. I then had to go around to another area and blow up some walls with bombs to make a path. Then find the opening to the path and reach the room with the chest and ball. Finally, I could hookshot over to the chest and finally destroy the last pillar, which brought down the entire 4th level to the 3rd level.
That's where I fought the boss, one of the coolest in the game. The Evil Eagle is a large eagle that swoops in an attacks Link from above. it's a 2D fight and I had to remain on top of the tower to succeed. The Eagle sometimes blew me off the tower by flapping it's powerful wings. I used the shield to protect myself from it's attacks, and the hookshot to damage it. After falling off 4 or 5 times and having to restart, I managed to stay up there and inflict enough damage to defeat him, get a heart and my 7th instrument.
Platform: 3DS
Session fun rating: 9/10
I completed level 7, the Eagle's Tower. It was definitely one of the better dungeons in the game, but it was quite difficult too. After some fucking around to get a feel for the dungeon, I found the basics like the map and compass. I eventually found a new item, a mirror shield. It reflects some projectiles, but honestly, it seems fairly useless.
The whole dungeon is a 4 story tower. There are many areas that have stairs and holes in the floor to move between levels. after exploring a lot, I couldn't quite figure out what to do. The owl was as cryptic as usual and nothing seemed obvious to me... thankfully, I got some help from a friend who recommended I go back to a room where a big black ball was sitting on the floor. It turns out I was able to pick it up, but I didn't even try that the first time.
This is where the real meat of the dungeon started. I had to carry the ball in different parts of the dungeon to throw it onto 4 pillars that supported the highest floor. This was quite challenging because I couldn't use stairs with the ball and if I dropped it in the floor, I had to start over. Because of the ingenious design of the dungeon, it was lots of fun figuring out exactly what could work and what couldn't. Using a combination of blocks, switches, gaps, railings and spikes, the path to each pillar was more challenging than the last.
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| Link sure knows how to destroy pillars |
That's where I fought the boss, one of the coolest in the game. The Evil Eagle is a large eagle that swoops in an attacks Link from above. it's a 2D fight and I had to remain on top of the tower to succeed. The Eagle sometimes blew me off the tower by flapping it's powerful wings. I used the shield to protect myself from it's attacks, and the hookshot to damage it. After falling off 4 or 5 times and having to restart, I managed to stay up there and inflict enough damage to defeat him, get a heart and my 7th instrument.
